A black man in Detroit was building a community garden on a vacant playground when three white women who didn’t like his project, called the cops on him. The women lied & said he threatened them with a gun & also accused him of being a pedophile. pic.twitter.com/4idwL38o2I

* This narrative has been building behind the scenes for the past couple of weeks…

So true! The @ErikaHarold v @KwameRaoul race could be a nail-biter. Here’s a recap by @Reform4Illinois of its recent AG forum: https://t.co/wmD5b7WE6bAnd the full event from @cantvchicago https://t.co/Fr5t3QJ9No https://t.co/CJJpc7ba45
— Amanda Vinicky (@AmandaVinicky) October 17, 2018

* WGN’s Tahman Bradley took a look at some of the more “extreme” candidates running as Republicans in Illinois this year. Here’s one…

In Illinois House District 51, local Republicans chose Helene Miller Walsh to fill the vacant seat. She’s married to conservative firebrand Joe Walsh, a former congressman. Helene Walsh, like her husband, has […]

State pension systems have missed their projected financial targets and miscalculated the impact that volatile swings in the market have on their ability to recover. https://t.co/xNoWeqVeGG— City Journal (@CityJournal) October 22, 2018

It’s hard to gripe with the general idea behind the Chicago Community Bond Fund (CCBF). The organization raises money to post bond for people who cannot afford to post their own while awaiting trial.
But there seems to be a problem.

One man who was freed by the fund while awaiting trial for attempted murder in North Center went on to be arrested four times in three months for battering and threatening people in Boystown. Despite being arrested repeatedly while on bond and even being ordered to serve two jail sentences for …